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Percy William Justyne  (1812–1883)  wikidata:Q18160865
 
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P. William Justyne
Description English painter
Date of birth/death 1812 Edit this at Wikidata 6 June 1883
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Construction of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway. Illustration shows the trench and partially completed cut and cover tunnel close to Kings Cross station, London. The railway opened in 1863.
Date 2 February 1861
date QS:P571,+1861-02-02T00:00:00Z/11
Source/Photographer The Illustrated London News, page 98. Scan retrieved from The British Newspaper Archive
Other versions w:File:Metropolitan Railway, King's Cross 1862.JPG

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current09:16, 15 November 2022Thumbnail for version as of 09:16, 15 November 20229,372 × 6,326 (44.25 MB)Sette-quattrohigher quality scan from same source, url: Source: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001578/18610202/034/0012
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